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Some of the antibodies are attached to the free-floating channels.
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If a molecule of the type the sensor is designed to detect sticks to one of these anchored antibodies, it can also stick to an antibody on one of the free-floating outer channels.
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The number of channel molecules present means that, in normal circumstances, about 70% of the free-floating outer channels are lined up with tethered inner ones at any given time, with each dual channel letting through about 1m sodium ions per second.
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